43.5820° N, 96.7419° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at JOE FOSS FLD (FSD), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
December 14, 1993 · 05:56 local
Place
Sioux Falls, SD
Airport
Joe Foss Field
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
ARWA
Aircraft
N798AL
Reported as
Doug DC862F
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
10,497 total4,351 in this make and model153 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Flight engineer fell out of cargo door opening. Hit concrete ramp. Died later in hospital.
As the FAA filed it
FLIGHT ENGINEER FELL OUT OF CARGO DOOR OPENING. HIT CONCRETE RAMP. DIED LATER IN HOSPITAL.